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Pseudocalymene

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocalymene was named by Pillet (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Leiostegiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002), Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Szechuanella Lu
1974Pseudocalymene Pillet
1975Eucalymene Lu
1977Paraszechuanella Liu
1990Paraszechuanella Peng p. 16
2002Paraszechuanella Jell and Adrain p. 422
2002Pseudocalymene Jell and Adrain p. 433
2002Pseudocalymene Sepkoski
2002Szechuanella Sepkoski
2019Pseudocalymene Zhou and Zhou p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusPseudocalymenePillet 1974

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pseudocalymene Pillet 1974
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Invalid names: Eucalymene Lu 1975 [synonym], Paraszechuanella Liu 1977 [synonym], Szechuanella Lu 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dawan or 478.80000 to 466.60000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Iran P. superba (66866 66867)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Iran P. superba (66868)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) Szechuanella sp. (4737 4738 7729)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan) Szechuanella sp. (7694 7695 7703)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (ZheJiang) Szechuanella sp. (7780)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Sichuan) Szechuanella sp. (7664)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China Paraszechuanella changleensis (66806 66807 66808 66820 66821) Paraszechuanella szechuanensis (66802)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiangSu) Szechuanella sp. (7880 7921)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) Szechuanella sp. (4770 4772 5280 7387)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Zhejian) Szechuanella sp. (235380)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Guizhou) Szechuanella sp. (7371)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (YunNan) Eucalymene sp. (7745)
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hubei) P. transversa (221200 221201 221202 221203 221204 221205 221206 221207 221208 221209 221210 221211 221213 221216 221217)
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hunan) P. sp. (226639)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) P. sp. (4709 4715 4721)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Xinjiang) P. quadrata (170838)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hunan) Szechuanella sp. (7693)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (ShanXi) Eucalymene sp. (7886)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Guizhou) Eucalymene sp. (4758 4760 4762 4763 4765) Szechuanella sp. (7386)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Tibet) Eucalymene sp. (23605)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Sichuan) Eucalymene sp. (7650)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (AnHui) Szechuanella sp. (7830)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GanSu) Szechuanella sp. (8568)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hunan and Hubei) Szechuanella sp. (7718)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hunan) P. sp. (116210)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) P. sp. (116202) P. transversa (116196 116198)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China (Hubei) P. transversa (221220 221222)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Sichuan) P. sp. (64235)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) P. quadrata (170841 170842)